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الخشرم

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to groups of insects, particularly bees and wasps, and their dwellings. It also extends to descriptions of soft stones, anatomical features of the nose, and sounds associated with animals, especially hyenas.

Derived headwords

الخَشْرَمnoun
  1. 1.
    swarm of bees/waspsboth

    A collective group of bees or wasps.

  2. 2.
    bee/wasp queenclassical

    The leader or queen bee within a colony.

  3. 3.
    bee/wasp dwellingboth

    The place where bees or wasps live or nest.

  4. 4.
    soft stonesclassical

    Stones that are soft or easily crumbled.

  5. 5.
    nameboth

    A proper noun or name.

خَشْرَمَتverb
  1. 1.
    to make a sound (hyena)classical

    The sound a hyena makes while eating.

خشرمت الضبع صوتت في أكلها — The hyena made a sound while eating.
خَشَارِمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    soft stones (plural)classical

    Plural of soft, crumbly stones.

الخَشَارِمnoun
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A proper name for a place.

  2. 2.
    nasal cartilageclassical

    The thin cartilage found in the nose.

  3. 3.
    soundsclassical

    Noises or vocalizations.

  4. 4.
    large noseclassical

    A thick or prominent nose.

Parallel reading

الخشرم، كجعفر: جماعة النحل والزنابير، واحدته بهاء، وأمير النحل، ومأواها، والحجارة الرخوة، وإسم، وقف حجارته رضراض ج: خشارمة.
Al-khashram, like Ja'far: a group of bees and wasps, its singular is bahā', and the leader of the bees, and their dwelling, and soft stones, and a name, and its stones are soft, plural: khashārimah.
والخشارم: ع، و من الرأس: ما رق من الغضاريف التي في الخيشوم، وبالضم: الأصوات، والغليظ من الأنوف.
And al-khashārim: a place name, and from the head: what is thin of the cartilages that are in the nose, and with dammah: the sounds, and the thick one of the noses.
خشرمت الضبع صوتت في أكلها.
The hyena made a sound while eating.